I am no expert on this but I have read where some stations are sending out different signals on certain channels and I don't think it is your 360 or it could be different signals that the Sammy can not decipher which causes the lockup. Alot of the ota tuners are different my 360 will get more info on what is on than my ota tuner on my sony. My 360 requires reboot every couple of months also. For now I would delete the channel, I live in Memphis, TN and we only have one channel for FOX. You could also try doing a reset of removing your zip code and clearing out all you ota channels and then doing a rescan of all your digital ota channels. My 360 has also locked up where the remote was no use. This receivers tuner is old tech, I have read where the new directv h20 picks up great ota but you have to subscribe to directv and the hd package to get it.
Seriously try clearing out all your ota channels first do a hard reset with the red button after that then do you channel scan.
Hope this helps
jdmac29

Okay, here's an update. I was flipping through the channels again and inadvertently tuned to channel 5-2 (FOX in NY) and the tuner locked up. Nothing I did would get it unlocked - rebooting - unplugging - etc. Called Dtv and the rep said that they were having problems with many of their high def tuners trying to acquire weak OTA signals causing the tuner to lock up. Apparently there is a signal and in the process of trying to lock on the channel the receiver freezes. He offered to send me a refurb'd H20 to replace the Sammy but I'd have to commit to another 2yrs I told him thanks but no thanks. Just got FIOS internet and waiting for the tv service. I managed to unlock/unfreeze the receiver by disconnecting the OTA antenna and rebooting. I then deleted out the sub channel that was giving me trouble. Just an FYI for anyone who encounters this problem.
flattie

Okay, here's an update. I was flipping through the channels again and inadvertently tuned to channel 5-2 (FOX in NY) and the tuner locked up. Nothing I did would get it unlocked - rebooting - unplugging - etc. Called Dtv and the rep said that they were having problems with many of their high def tuners trying to acquire weak OTA signals causing the tuner to lock up. Apparently there is a signal and in the process of trying to lock on the channel the receiver freezes. He offered to send me a refurb'd H20 to replace the Sammy but I'd have to commit to another 2yrs I told him thanks but no thanks. Just got FIOS internet and waiting for the tv service. I managed to unlock/unfreeze the receiver by disconnecting the OTA antenna and rebooting. I then deleted out the sub channel that was giving me trouble. Just an FYI for anyone who encounters this problem.
flattie

I never encountered the issue with the 5-2 subchannel that you talked about...but I've had the issue with my RCA DTC210 (which is now unsubbed as is my 360). Ironically, my HDTIVO's have NO ISSUES with the 5-2 subchannels and my OLD OLD Hughes E86 also has no problems with that subchannel.

Luckily its a useless subchannel and not something I'd even think to watch. The issues I encountered were when the kids (or the wife) would tune by 5-2

I have two of these I want to use as OTA HD tuners. I bought them used without dishes. One has a card and works fine, even partly works without the card in it.
The other complains about "Invalid Access Card" every time I try to do anything, it's not set to "No Dish" and all the menu items are greyed out. There is a spot in the "Menu+Right" menu that looks like its for reinstalling the card but when I try that it just says "Invalid Access Card" . Think the card reader is broken? or do some of them need different cards i.e. P5 P6? Can a new card be used without installing directTv?

I just upgraded on Saturday to a new H20, and I deactivated my samsung 360 today. I will check and see if the ota tuner can be used tonight. If you are interested in another one if you can not get yours to work please private message me.

I just picked up a set of 3 receivers off of eBay. Does anyone know if I have to do anything special to receive the firmware upgrade? One of the receivers is still at 1.2.03, another is at 1.2.16, and the last is at 1.2.35. I hooked up the two non-updated receivers and swapped them into service, but I was wondering how long it might take for them to receive the update or if I might need to request the update get sent down the satellite. Does anyone have any recent experience?

but I was wondering how long it might take for them to receive the update or if I might need to request the update get sent down the satellite. Does anyone have any recent experience?

You have to wait until DTV sends down the updates again, it's not something that you can request them to do. It could be anywhere from hours, days, weeks or even months before they schedule them to be sent down.

I have my basic cable hooked up to the TS360. It maps all my analog cable channels in no problem (yet at least). However, when I go from a DirecTV channel to an analog cable channel, I loose (drop) sound on that analog cable channel. I am able to restore sound a couple of ways. One is to hit the INFO button twice, which causes the unit to re-tune the analog cable channel, and then I hit EXIT. Another is to hit the "Audio" button on the remote, and then just re-select my current audio setting. Finally I can usually just tune to another analog cable channel and everything is fine. Note that the DirecTV channels never loose/drop sound, they work fine the whole time.

Anyone heard of this? I searched quite a bit, but found no results.

I am running Software version 1.2.35.

Any help greatly appreciated! :-)

I can't help you fix the problem, but just wanted you to know that mine does the same thing. I have programmed my Pronto remote with a button to reset the audio via the 2nd method you mention. For me, this loss of audio ONLY happens when I tune certain OTA HD stations. Any d* station or OTA anolog station works fine, only OTA HD stations seem to cause a problem and not all of them. I have assumed there is a difference in their PSIP or something.

Is anyone seeing green flashes, breakups, pixelization on TNT-HD on their Samsung TS-360 HD receiver. This is the only channel, I am having a problem with. I tried rebooting with the red button and I am still experiencing problems. It was tough trying to watch the Closer last night. At one point, the receiver locked up on me. I haven't tried a hard reboot (i.e., unplug it).

Thanks!

I have seen this but only on ESPN-HD and UHD (Channels 73 and 74). It has happened 3-4 times the past 6 weeks, out of the blue, at night. Both channels are affected equally during both programming and commericals.

Okay, here's an update. I was flipping through the channels again and inadvertently tuned to channel 5-2 (FOX in NY) and the tuner locked up. Nothing I did would get it unlocked - rebooting - unplugging - etc. Called Dtv and the rep said that they were having problems with many of their high def tuners trying to acquire weak OTA signals causing the tuner to lock up. Apparently there is a signal and in the process of trying to lock on the channel the receiver freezes. He offered to send me a refurb'd H20 to replace the Sammy but I'd have to commit to another 2yrs I told him thanks but no thanks. Just got FIOS internet and waiting for the tv service. I managed to unlock/unfreeze the receiver by disconnecting the OTA antenna and rebooting. I then deleted out the sub channel that was giving me trouble. Just an FYI for anyone who encounters this problem.
flattie

This will be the only fix, as you see DirecTv is owned by Fox and it so happens this " Lock up signal " is transmitted by FOX to get you to upgrade to one of their boxes which are now leased and also extend your contract, I would bet reports of these lock ups came around the same time as DirecTv was going leasing and cutting off third party receivers. Also I would wager Directv doesn't appreciate samsung giving consumers a choice of cable /satellite / OTA from a box they had to subsidize......so you see they figure that they could get a high turnover rate of unsuspecting consumers to convert from the old model ( not leasing ) to their new model ( leasing / longer contract ) by simply tweaking their signal. You may believe this is a Conspirory theory but if you know that the core Financial Models of these companies is built on squeezing their customers rather than acquiring new ones then you will see "everything is on the table"

Can you use any activated card on this unit? The one I currently have has the 4 digit pass on it, wondering if I can buy an activated card and plug it in. All I want is OTA HD, can't choose 'no dish' w/o 4 digit pass code.